What's on your mind?

[kyonides]

Lack of interest or motivation. That's the main issue here. We'll, living in areas where no Spanish speakers can be found makes it complicated for anybody to learn it or want to do so.

What I don't like is the comparison with Speedy Gonzales or González, a very stereotypical character. Do Spanish speakers really speak fast? That's very subjective. I suspect that most of the time the cultural differences between Spanish and English speaking regions don't help you at all. Just for starters, Spanish speakers don't feel the need to open or move their mouths too much. English is its total opposite. Once you get used as a teenager to one of those styles, is hard to end up preferring another one. Then there's the animosity that has existed between US and Mexico for a couple if centuries already. I don't know if you personally care about that.

Why you naturally prefer Pashto over Spanish is quite unusual. Italian has a better image internationally than Spanish, even if Spanish is spoken by too many millions of people around the world. Not as widespread as Mandarin Chinese, of course.

Now I'm too busy as to keep talking here so I'll leave the rest for another occasion if possible.